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§4728 Brown Tree Snake Control Program

Title 16 › Chapter 67— AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL › Subchapter III— PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES DISPERSAL › § 4728

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Under section 4722(a), the Task Force must carry out an environmentally sound program, working with regional, territorial, State, and local entities, to control the brown tree snake in Guam and other areas where it has become established outside its historic range.

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Title 16, §4728

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The Task Force shall, within the program developed under section 4722(a) of this title, undertake a comprehensive, environmentally sound program in coordination with regional, territorial, State and local entities to control the brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) in Guam and other areas where the species is established outside of its historic range.

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2022—Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “section 4722(a) of this title” for “subsection (a)”. 1996—Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 1209, which enacted this section.

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16 U.S.C. § 4728

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Apr 5, 2026

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